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Survey of Income and Education, 1976: Rectangular File (ICPSR 7919)

Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

This data collection is a modified version of the original
SURVEY OF INCOME AND EDUCATION, 1976 (ICPSR 7634). While the original
files were hierarchically structured, this file is rectangular in
structure. All of the household and person records were included in
the rectangular file, but none of the family records. The household
variables were placed at the beginning of each corresponding person
record. The survey was conducted during the months of April through
July of 1976 by the Census Bureau for the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare. It served as a supplement to the yearly
Current Population Survey and was conducted to obtain reliable
state-by-state data on the numbers of children in local areas with
family incomes below the federal poverty level. The information was
used by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to facilitate
Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The survey
includes questions used in the Current Population Survey and also
contains additional exclusive questions covering school enrollment,
disability, health insurance, bilingualism, food stamp recipiency,
assets, and housing costs. This collection was provided by the
National Chicano Research Network, which was located at the Survey
Research Center of the Institute of Social Research, University of
Michigan.

This data collection is a modified version of the original
SURVEY OF INCOME AND EDUCATION, 1976 (ICPSR 7634). While the original
files were hierarchically structured, this file is rectangular in
structure. All of the household and person records were included in
the rectangular file, but none of the family records. The household
variables were placed at the beginning of each corresponding person
record. The survey was conducted during the months of April through
July of 1976 by the Census Bureau for the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare. It served as a supplement to the yearly
Current Population Survey and was conducted to obtain reliable
state-by-state data on the numbers of children in local areas with
family incomes below the federal poverty level. The information was
used by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to facilitate
Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The survey
includes questions used in the Current Population Survey and also
contains additional exclusive questions covering school enrollment,
disability, health insurance, bilingualism, food stamp recipiency,
assets, and housing costs. This collection was provided by the
National Chicano Research Network, which was located at the Survey
Research Center of the Institute of Social Research, University of
Michigan.

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Dataset(s)

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Study Description

Citation

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. SURVEY OF INCOME AND EDUCATION, 1976: RECTANGULAR FILE. Conducted by U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, and University of Michigan, National Chicano Research Network. ICPSR07919-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1981. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07919.v1

Universe:
All occupied housing units, most vacant units, and group
quarters such as rooming houses, communes, military installations,
religious group quarters, college dormitories, and agricultural workers'
quarters.

Data Type(s):
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

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Methodology

Sample:
The sample consisted of 51 state samples in almost 1,000
sampling areas.